## BIO
CHRISTINA WEISSBROD [login to view URL] Professional with an extensive amount of experience in the scientific and education industries Professional offering a proven record of success in research, software training, customer support and high school science and math learning. Recognized for dedicated follow-through and teamwork participation, ensuring optimal efficiency and high-quality productivity. Eager problem solver and learner, offering innovative methods to accomplish goals. Decidedly interested in learning new techniques needed to promote project internal success and student growth. Strong motivator, with excellent interpersonal and written communication skills. Objective Obtain employment in private sector as a technical communicator. Areas of Proficiency * Robotic Screening/Maintenance * Cell Culture * Recombinant DNA Techniques and Microarray Management * Technical writing * Oracle RDBMS and other databases * Software training and demonstration * Certified in Crisis Prevention * Individual laboratory software customization * Lesson Planning Computer Competencies Operating Systems Windows, MS-DOS, Unix, Macintosh, Linux Office Productivity MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint Databases Oracle, MS Access Programming Visual Basic 6.0, .NET, PL/SQL, PERL Professional Experience Mount Prospect Academy/Becket School, Plymouth, NH Teaching Assistant, Overnight Youth Counselor, Science Teacher (June 2006-April 2008) * Assisted with the science teacher’s lessons and class activities at a school for high-risk teenage boys between the ages of 11 and 17. * Eventually became the teacher of science in Mount Prospect Academy. * Volunteered time at the dormitory as supervision when classes were not in session * Was a well-respected member of residential and teaching staff, in addition to earning the respect of a majority of students * Became the head of the science department in June 2007, and stimulated a sudden student interest in science, unlike other teachers in the past Accelrys (Oxford Molecular), a subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Hunt Valley, MD, Cambridge, UK and San Diego, CA Support Scientist and Training Scientist, Cheminformatics (April 2000-August 2005) * Coordinated and delivered end-user and system administration training for cheminformatics products, including Accord Enterprise, Accord HTS, Accord Inventory and related client software. * Coordinated the reconstruction of the cheminformatics training department and constructed detailed training documentation and lesson plans. * Presented pre-purchase demonstrations of Accelrys cheminformatics and laboratory decision software. * Offered reliable customer support to all levels of users of Accelrys products, specializing in Accelrys’s cheminformatics software suite. * Assisted with the re-development of cheminformatics by aggressively training a new research and development team in the usage of the software. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA Internship in high throughput screening, drug source (May 1998-May 1999) * Mediated the execution of a cell-based fluorescence assay in high throughput screening. * Successfully organized a large chemical library in limited freezer storage. * Developed an easy-to-use MS Excel spreadsheet project for chemical library management. * Maintained and utilized complex robotic instrumentation, such as Matrix Platemate, TomTec, Quadra 96 and Tecan. * Assisted the assay development group with the streamlining of a difficult cell-based chromatographic assay. Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 24 Emily Street, Cambridge, MA Co-op in high throughput screening (June 1997-December 1997) * Assisted with the development of a fluoresence assay to replace an unsafe and costly radioactive reverse transcriptase target assay. * Oversaw daily high throughput screening activities and ensured maximum efficiency and data quality. * Participated in IC50 and EC50 decision support. Publications Vaschetto, M.; Weissbrod, T.; Bodle, D.; Guner, O. 2003. Enabling High Throughput Discovery. Current Opinions in Drug Discovery and Development Vol 6, No 3:377-383. Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute B.S. in Biotechnology, February 2000 GPA: 3.0/4.0 • Strong concentration in biotechnology industry techniques, with extensive studies in philosophy and business management. Educational Project Work Interdisciplinary Qualifying Project (May-July 1996): Resided in Costa Rica in order to create a landscape plan for a tropical botanical garden that guaranteed habitation of the most diverse population of plant and animal species. Humanities Sufficiency (March-April 1997): Thoroughly studied and analyzed the philosophical ethics of eugenics and cloning practices. Major Qualifying Project (March 1998-May 1999): The effects of salicylic acid addition on peroxidase and catalase activities and artemisinin concentrations in transformed hairy root cultures of Artemisia annua. Funding provided by the National Science Foundation and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
## Area of Expertise
Oracle, PL/SQL, MS Access, PERL, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic 6, VBA, HTML
